Technology tip of the week: What’s the best tablet?

Ever since Apple launched the iPad, tablets have been taking the world by storm. In 2015, it is estimated that they will overtake sales of laptops and desktops combined. Most commentators put this down to tablets’ intuitive ease of use, with touch-screens instead of a mouse and keyboard, plus great portability. For a beginner they are certainly a good learning option.

However, many tablets have hit the markets and like many purchase in life, it comes down to your budget, but with this equipment the motto ‘you get what you pay for’ is certainly true. At the top end, the iPad still reigns as the smartest looking and best working touchscreen of them all, but the new full size ‘iPad Air’ costs £399 upwards. A cheaper option is the new mini iPad, a smaller-screen version but still powerful, which retails at £249 upwards.

Elsewhere the Samsung Galaxy Note has become a true rival to the iPad, with a fantastic screen and more flexibility with the programs (called ‘apps’) you can have on it. They start at around £300.

A whole host of cheaper tablets are now available from most high street retailers: Tesco’s Hudl laptop is very popular and has good reviews, as well as Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD, both retailing at only £119 and some refurbished tablets are as low as £60, but with these, don’t expect the top-end quality of the iPad or Galaxy.

Again, this of what your main aim is on the equipment and review products before you buy. You don’t want to pay for added extras you may never use.

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